

Even use the Quick OCR tool under the HOME/CONVERT tab to use the OCR settings you used previously, with just one click. Choose a single language or multiple languages for your output. You can perform OCR on the current file you have open or on multiple files. Now PhantomPDF is ready to do OCR on your PDFs!

Select the red “Foxit PhantomPDF” tab, then scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Then follow the steps as shown in the image below: You must have the OCR Public file installed before you can install a language pack.ĭownload the Foxit OCR Add-ons. OCR Language, which drives OCR for various languages.So to reduce the size of Foxit PhantomPDF, we make the OCR feature a separate-but free-download.įor the OCR feature in PhantomPDF 7.3 or later, you need two modules: Many people don’t use OCR, the download is fairly large, and most people are in a rush to get going with PhantomPDF. If you have PhantomPDF 7.3 or later and want to use OCR, you need to install the Foxit OCR Add-ons. It’s much faster, and once you do it, you can search content, make edits, etc. OCR (optical character recognition) is when you let the computer do that for you. Or if no one was around, you read a few words and typed a few words, over and over, until your neck was sore or you were done. Eric Mcguire, Integrated Sales and Supportĭid you ever have a scan of a printed page that you needed to edit? You probably had someone read it to you word-by-word as you typed.
